Trump tariff tiff: U.S. terminates all trade talks with Canada over Reagan TV ad
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President Trump claimed Canada ran an ad featuring former President Ronald Reagan talking about tariffs to influence a pending U.S. Supreme Court case.

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Donald Trump said he had terminated all U.S. trade negotiations with Canada.

Trump said he was doing so because of an allegedly “fake” advertisement that Canada was airing that features former President Ronald Reagan speaking negatively about tariffs.

Doug Ford, the premier of the Ontario province in Canada, recently said the province would spend $75 million on ads to run in the United States featuring Reagan criticizing tariffs

  • hefty4871@lemmy.caEnglish
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    23 hours ago

    “I saw an ad last night from Canada. If I was Canada, I’d take that same ad also,” said Trump. “But I do believe that everybody’s too smart for that.”

    Later:

    “Based on their egregious behavior, ALL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WITH CANADA ARE HEREBY TERMINATED.”